Fox Pan-American Sports LLC announced today the addition of Alejandro
Luna as its newest anchor on Fox Sports en Español.
In this role, Luna will be a key studio host, and bolster one of
Spanish-language television’s leading on-air
teams. He will cover all major club tournaments that Fox Sports en Español
produces exclusively for the U.S. Hispanic Market, such as Copa
Santander Libertadores, Copa Nissan Sudamericana and InterLiga. He will
also do play-by-play and analysis on some of the network’s
Italian Serie A and Barclays Premier League soccer matches during the
season. The announcement was made by Dermot McQuarrie, Senior Vice
President Programming and Production, and Assistant General Manager of
Fox Sports en Español, with whom Luna will
work closely.
“We are thrilled to have someone of Alejandro’s
caliber and talents join our team,” said
McQuarrie. “The experience he brings as an
anchor and reporter in the Spanish-speaking TV space, coupled with his
passion for sports, will help advance the network’s
leadership position within the industry.”
Most recently, Luna served as a Los Angeles-based sports anchor and
reporter for the Univisión and Telefutura
networks, where he was a correspondent for various national, local
sports and hard news TV shows, including KMEX-TV’s
market-leading nightly newscast in Los Angeles. He also has several
years of experience as a television and radio freelance journalist,
during which he provided live color commentary and play-by-play for
boxing matches, live sports news and field reporting for international
soccer matches.
Luna has received two Emmy Award nominations for his work, and is a
member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, the Academy
of Television Arts & Sciences and AFTRA-SAG.
He has also been recognized by various non-profit organizations, such as
the Crossroads School of Santa Monica and the Novamex/Torneo Copa
Refrescos de Mexico, for his philanthropic efforts.
About Fox Sports en Español
Fox Sports en Español features more
than 1,500 hours of live, exclusive sports programming in Spanish and,
with few exceptions, English SAP each year, including InterLigaTM,
the Copa Santander Libertadores, Copa Nissan Sudamericana, CONCACAF Copa
de Campeones, and the FIFA Club World Cup soccer tournaments; the Major
League Baseball regular season, divisional playoffs, All-Star Game and
World Series; and premier combat sports including championship boxing
from Mexico and the U.S., Ultimate Fighting Championship®
and kickboxing. The channel reaches more than 13 million cable and
satellite households in the country, of which 4.5 million are U.S.
Hispanic households.
Fox Sports en Español is distributed
by Fox Cable Networks Group and operated by Fox Pan American Sports LLC,
an international sports programming and production entity jointly owned
by HM Capital Partners, LLC and News Corporation's (NYSE: NWS) Fox
Sports International. For more information, visit Fox Sports en Español
online at foxsportsla.msn.com.
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